What I Watched Today

(rambling, random thoughts & annoyingly detailed recaps from real time TV watching)

 

Due to unexpected business, this week, it’s just GH and one quote, but it’s a good one.

General Hospital

Jason tells Sonny might be going out of town. Carly tells them that she has to go to her old house to meet the inspector.

Nelle gets there first, checking to see if anyone is around. She’s sorry she had to steal a key from Josslyn, but it’s for a good cause. Let the haunting begin.

Kim asks how Oscar’s return to the outside world was. He tells her about meeting Josslyn at Kelly’s, and how he told her about the evening with Drew. Kim says it was a nice time, that’s all. He thinks it was more than that. He heard her talking to Julian, saying she never loved anyone like she did Drew and hasn’t gotten over him.

Drew wants to get the doctor, but Betsy wants him to get Bobby. She needs to tell him about Jim. Drew asks if she can tell him. He really needs to know.

Franco wants Doc to hypnotize him right now, but Doc says not until he’s totally calm. Franco says he is; why won’t Doc help him? Doc says it won’t work until he’s ready. Franco says he is, and would do it himself if he could. He wants his life back. Doc tells him that he can’t force it; they’ll give it a go again tomorrow. Franco says tomorrow might be too late.

Jim tells Elizabeth to do as he says, and they won’t get hurt. She asks him to let Jake go, but he says, no, and takes her purse. He says she’s going to drive out, keeping her eyes straight ahead. They’re looking for him on his own, and won’t look twice at two adults and a child.

Carly asks Jason what’s going on with Sam. He tells her, good news. Sam took Danny and Scout on a trip. Carly wonders how that’s good news, and he says she needs time away to focus on herself and the kids; time away from him and Drew. Carly says Sam doesn’t need time away from him, but she’ll follow her heart back to him, the sooner the better. Jason says maybe she’ll realize she needs to be alone. He’s okay with anything, unless she goes back to Drew. He says she’s not herself with him. She lacks confidence, and is always waiting for his approval and smoothing things over. I’ve actually never gotten that from their relationship, and wonder how Jason made this judgement after only being on the scene a short time. He says it’s not his place to interfere; it still isn’t. Sam has to figure out what’s right for her. He tells Carly to promise not to interfere; no set-ups, no pressure, nothing. That’s like asking one of my dogs not to covet my dinner. He says if Sam comes back, it will be the happiest day of his life, but if it doesn’t happen, as long as she’s strong, confident, and truly happy, it will be okay. Carly agrees Sam should do what makes her happy, and is sure she will when she comes back and runs into his arms. When that happens, Carly is going to need him to tell her she was right, and wants a witness. Sonny comes back in, and asks, a witness to what? That’s probably a touchy word with Sonny. Carly has to leave, and says she’ll let Jason tell him. Sonny asks if he really wants to know.

Nelle plugs a home control device into an outlet in Carly’s living room. She messes with the app on her phone, making the lights blink.

Oscar tells Kim it’s what she said. She tells him the thing with eavesdropping – besides being rude and invading privacy – is that it’s out of context. He heard the tail end of a conversation that was personal, and it’s none of his business. Oscar asks how, when Drew is his dad? She tells him to get some rest. He understands if she’s not comfortable discussing Drew with him, but says she shouldn’t be talking Julian either. She should be talking to Drew.

Drew asks what scared Betsy? She says she was dreaming. She saw Jim a moment ago in her room.

Franco tells Doc that Elizabeth came to see him. She brought Jake, and it tore him up. He wants to go home, and needs to remember. Doc knows patience isn’t Franco’s strong suit, but if he tries to force he memories, he might undo everything that got him to this point. Is he willing to risk that?

Jake tells Elizabeth they were told in school to never get in a car like this. As Bo Deitl told us: never go to crime scene number two. Jim tells Elizabeth to shut him up, and get in the car. Elizabeth asks Jake if he trusts her, and tells him to do exactly what she says – run! Jake takes off, and she pushes Jim back.

Jason tells sonny that Spinelli is in Europe, hoping to gain access to Faison’s safety deposit boxes by posing as Henrik. Sonny asks if he doesn’t think Spinelli will screw that up. Jason tells him about Spinelli’s contingency plan. Sonny assumes the plan is if Spinelli gets in trouble, Jason picks him up. Jason says it’s more elaborate than that, and might not come to it. Sonny says Spinelli is a genius in the computer world, but in the real world, he’ll blow it. He tells Jason that he should bring along Anna; she wants Henrik more than anybody. Jason says she’s cooperative, but there’s definitely something she’s not saying. Sonny says anything to do with Faison is personal to her, and Jason says it’s the same with his son. He doesn’t know why, but she seems too close.

He asks how Mike is, and Sonny says there are good days bad days. He tells Jason about Mike recording some old times on Michael’s phone. He say everything was great, then he went on a tangent about a field in Croton, and something that happened years ago, Jason says, so? Sonny says, Mike was never there. He couldn’t possibly know what happened.

Carly gets to her house, and leaves a message for the inspector. The lights start to flicker. Carly wonders when this started. Hiding upstairs, Nelle smiles.

Betsy tells Drew that it felt real; her mind must be playing tricks. He tells her that Jim is a fugitive. If he comes back, he’ll be arrested on sight. He says they haven’t found him, but there’s no way for him to get past them. She’s safe. She says she’s not worried about herself; she’s afraid for Bobby.

Doc tells Franco that they’ll try again tomorrow. If he wants success, go home, and get some sleep. Franco says he has no home until this is resolved, but can stay in Kiki’s spare room. Doc doesn’t think he should drive, and says he’ll call Franco an Uber. Okay, Franco is an Uber. BA-DUM-CHH!

Jim says that was a big mistake. Elizabeth says it’s all over for him, and he tells her to get in the car. Jakes shows back up and tells Jim to get away from his mom. Great move, kid, instead of running to get help.

Sonny explains to Jason that when he worked for Joe Skully and was moving up in the organization, he was proving his loyalty. Joe said there was a problem with a guy who wasn’t trustworthy, and he asked Sonny to meet him. He just said there was problem. It was as simple as that. He got there, and Skully wasn’t mad; he was casual, and didn’t even stop watching TV. He told Sonny he was going to be driving to Croton, and don’t forget to bring his shovel. There was a body wrapped in plastic in the trunk. He took care of the problem in a field. There was no one and nothing around for miles. Jason asks if that was the end of it, and Sonny says, until Mike brought it up, it didn’t even exist. His dad wasn’t there. How would he know?

The inspector calls Carly, saying it will be an hour. The lights blink and go out. Wouldn’t she think it was a problem from the earthquake? I guess not. She asks if anyone is there, and hears something upstairs. Nelle makes sounds with the app, and smiles.

Drew tells Betsy that Jim tried to hurt Bobby and failed; he’s running for his life. She says he doesn’t understand, and he asks her to help him. Tell him what happened. She says she raised them like brothers. You’d think two boys would be a handful, but not them. They were rambunctious, but sweet. They hardly fought, and would play for hours together. It was all her fault, bringing in Jim. He seemed so nice and charming, and then Bobby started acting out. At the time, she didn’t know why, but looking back, realized what happened, and what caused the fall down the stairs. She continues to talk, but we don’t hear the rest of what she says to Drew.

Elizabeth tries to run. Jim tries to get Jake to come, but he won’t, and Elizabeth pokes him in the eye. He pushes her down, and tells her to get in the car. Franco is suddenly there, and Jim says, looks what he did. He calls Franco Bobby, and says it’s all his fault. Hmm… I don’t know if Franco is taking the bait this time. He looks pretty staunch.

Jim tells Elizabeth and Jake to get in the car. Franco rushes Jim, causing him to drop the gun, and Elizabeth and Jake run. Jim reaches for the gun, but Franco pulls him back. They tussle on the ground.

Sonny tells Jason that Mike came and went. The times he saw him, Mike lectured him that Skully was bad news. He thought, who was Mike to tell him how to live his life? It was his business. He knows now that Mike was trying to stop him from making a choice he couldn’t take back. Maybe if he’d listened, he’d have a different life. Skully was offering what he was offering, and he took it with both hands. He’s not complaining; look at what he built. Jason asks if Croton was the only job like that. Sonny says there were a few others, but Mike wasn’t there. He’s sure he never told him. Jason wonders if Mike knew someone else who worked for Skully. Sonny says, maybe, but who knows what he remembers these days?

Carly goes upstairs, and asks if anyone is there. She goes into Morgan’s room, and closes the door. She gets nostalgic, like this is the time, and picks up a baseball glove. She holds it to her chest, and says, Morgan, my baby. She hears creaking, and picks up the bat. She looks in the closet, and there’s nothing there. Not much in the way of clothing either. Did he live there?

Kim is glad Oscar is getting to know his father. Oscar says having him there felt easy, like they all belonged together. He never knew how much he wanted that. Doesn’t she feel the same way? She say the Drew she was talking about, the one she knew, the Navy SEAL, doesn’t even remember being that person or spending time with her. When talks about not being over Drew, she means the Drew of the past, not the one here the other night. The one she was in love with is gone, and he’s not coming back. Oscar says he left her something, and she says, yeah, him. Oscar says besides him, and takes out the CD. He says she can’t seem to throw it away.

Drew leaves Betsy’s room. He sees Doc, who asks if he’s all right. Drew doesn’t think so. He felt guilty about Betsy freaking out. Doc says he doesn’t think Drew was the cause, but Drew says he went to apologize. She said she needed to talk to Franco about Jim, and he asks if she could tell him instead. She told him how he fell down the stairs, and how it relates to Jim. Elizabeth and Jake run in. Elizabeth tells them that Jim was in the garage, and had a gun. He tried to force them into the car, but Franco stopped him. They were fighting, but she doesn’t know what happened.

Franco punches Jim out. Jim says he’s his friend. Franco puts his hands around Jim’s throat.

Sonny tells Jason that the other day, Mike said remembered him as a kid, kicking the can. He got the day right, and the other kid right, but Sonny doesn’t remember him being there. Jason says maybe he wanted to be there or wished he was, and convinced himself. Sonny says Griff told him that Mike’s mind would play tricks. One day he forgets what he had for breakfast, but remembers a sandwich from the 80s. Jason asks what the harm is. At some point, Mike won’t remember anything. Let him have his memories now. Sonny says he told Mike that he remembered him being there. Maybe he was there. Memory is unreliable, but he can tell Jason for sure that Mike was not anywhere near the field in Croton.

Carly goes back to the living room, and texts Bobbie, saying the inspector was a no show. Bobbie texts back, saying she’ll reschedule. Carly is about to leave, and hears footsteps. She picks up the bat again, and the lights come on.

Oscar says the CD is special; Drew made it for her. She says not the Drew he knows; he’s different now. Oscar says there must be a reason she kept it. It should have been recycled. He says if she doesn’t care, he’ll take it right now, but she doesn’t have to pretend like she doesn’t have feelings about it. Kim tells him, that’s enough; it’s late. She already told him how she feels. She hugs him, and he goes to his room. She looks at the CD.

Elizabeth says the police are on the way. She asks Doc to stay with Jake; she’s going with Drew. Jake asks, what now? and Doc says the police have been called. Jake says what if it’s too late? Jim had gun. If he shoots Franco, it’s all his fault.

Jim tells Franco, you know me. Franco says, he does, and Jim will never hurt him or anyone he loves again. He continues to punch Jim. Jim says he’ll turn himself in, and when Franco pauses, he punches Franco in the face, and grabs for gun.

Sonny says that his dad enjoyed himself at “Luke’s.” Jason thinks everyone has a good time. Sonny says some of them don’t like him, or even despise him, but they came for Mike. Jason says he never understood the value of memory. He couldn’t miss a childhood he didn’t know. The other night, he realized how much he’s been through, and how much people mean to him. He sees their faces, remembering the good and bad times, and knows they share that. It’s good Sonny was able to give Mike back some of his missing history for a little while. Sonny says they had a good conversation afterward. Mike was lucid, and it was good to see him in the present. Now it’s a guessing game as to which Mike is coming into the room. Maybe he did see Sonny kicking cans, but the Croton thing worries him. If Mike knows something, what does he know, and what has he said without realizing?

Carly goes back to Morgan’s room. Nelle sneaks back to the living room, unplugs the device, and leaves.  Carly picks up the mitt, and tells herself to pull it together. She says the earthquake messed with the lights. She sees a framed photo of Morgan, and the glass is broken.

Kim looks at the CD, and puts it in her laptop. She listens, and smiles.

Jake tells Doc that Jim is big and mean. His mom tried fighting him, but she was too little, and he threw her on the ground. He wanted them to get in the car, but they wouldn’t. Franco show up. Jim called Franco Bobby, and said weird stuff. For a minute, Franco didn’t move, then he tackled Jim, and they ran away. Doc tells Jake that he doesn’t think he messed up; he had no control over the situation, but kept his head. He did everything he could to help his mom, and it was brave of him. Jake says his mom and Franco are the brave ones.

Drew and Elizabeth get to the garage, but there’s no one there, and no car. Elizabeth wonders what happened to them.

On Monday, Josslyn tells Michael he should get back together with Nelle, Elizabeth goes to Jordan about Jim, and Carly raises the bat.

🔉  Quote of the Week

We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies. – Martin Luther King, Jr. Now if only the people who claim to follow his teachings, would actually listen to what he had to say.

😎 Juliet sez…

Enjoy yer weekend!